Terry Jones wrote: > The code below uses a RNG with period 5, is deterministic, and has one > initial state. It produces 20 different outcomes.
You misunderstand what's meant by "outcome" in this context. The outcome of your algorithm is the whole *sequence* of numbers it produces, not each individual number. And if the rng state is the only initial condition that can vary, it can't produce more than 5 distinct sequences. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
